Nutrition?
There has been lots of talk about nutrition down at the box lately as we have plenty of newbies who want to know "What do I eat for CrossFit?". Being healthy is a combination of many things exercise, diet, sleep, lack of stress etc. Exercise is good but if your diet is crap you won't reap all the benefits of the hard work you put in. On the other hand if your diet is spot on it doesn't mean your going to win the CrossFit games either. I don't believe that one size fits all when it comes to diet. You need to experiment and become your own expert.
Your diet needs to be something that you can work into your life without being obsessive. Me personally I want to enjoy myself. There is no way I'm going to cook an epic peace of steak and cut the end off it because it doesn't fit into my 4 Block Dinner meal plan. But I don't want to overeat either.
I think for someone who has a really poor diet the zone can be a great place to start, it gets them eating regularly and will give you some idea of portion size. I have heard some real horror story's lately, way too much protein and no vegetables at all, muffins for breakfast "light and easy" nobody should eat muffins for breakfast especially someone that lifts a barbel! Its a small cake!
The CrossFit prescription for diet is to base your diet on garden vegetables, especially greens, lean meats, nuts and seeds, little starch, and no sugar. Eat real food, not products. If what you eating has a massive list of whats in it and will last a nuclear winter its probably not going to be good for you. Another point I would like to make is the word paleo is been thrown around a lot and I have seen some seriously shitty paleo diets. Cave man didn't have bacon everyday that was full of nitrates and a 3 paleo brownies for morning tea then beef jerky for lunch with nuts and a latte, or put honey or agave nectar on everything "its ok it's paleo". It will still elevate you insulin levels. So here are some links to a few sites that I have found helpful. Hopefully you can all find something that you can do that's healthy and long term. Diet is not a short term fix to get ready for summer its a lifetime thing. Enjoy!
- Foodee
- Robb Wolf Recipes
- Catalyst Athletics Performance Menu
- Nom Nom Paleo
- Multiply Delicious
- PaleOMG - real food, real life, real simple
- The Food Lovers Kitchen
- Live Primal – Fuels & Recipe Book
- Paleo Plan – Recipes
- CrossFit Journal – Zone Meal Plans
- Julianne Taylor – Zone & Paleo Nutrition Blog
- Health-Bent Paleo Recipes that don’t look or taste like dog food!
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